[Multimodal therapy of Miller-Fisher syndrome. Possible benefit of cerebrospinal fluid filtration].
A 47 year old male patient with Miller-Fisher-syndrome did not respond to treatment with plasmapheresis and intravenous high dose 7 S immune globulins. Only cerebrospinal fluid pheresis, administered as final alternative, lead to definite improvement and cure.
Pfausler
B
B
Univ.-Klinik für Neurologie, Innsbruck, Osterreich.
Grubwieser
G
G
Auckenthaler
A
A
Rogenhofer
H
H
Schmutzhard
E
E
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019846:Miller Fisher Syndrome / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014462:Ultrafiltration
D007074:Immunoglobulin G
Multimodale Therapie eines Miller-Fisher-Syndroms. Der mögliche Nutzen der Liquor-cerebrospinalis-Filtration.